Learning in Lesvos
Aristotle’s Lagoon: Naturalist Filios Akriotis informs Ray Raad about the lush bird and sea life in the large inland body of salt water in the
Athens Adventures
Before I continue chronicling our trip, I wanted to report that The Beverly Review published an article about our trip while we were away: “Woman Makes Great Connections
The Adventures of The Great Connections in Greece and Italy Part 1
We read Will Durant’s The Life of Greece in preparation for our trip and it gave us a rich, rich background from which to understand the country
Tuition Skyrockets As You Make More Money
Alex Tabarrok at the Marginal Revolution blog analyses the huge price disparities in tuition for people of different income brackets here. This reduces income inequality and
What is “Enlightenment” Thought?
With recent books and articles being published on the Enlightenment, Iona Italia does a great job of providing us with a short primer on Enlightenment thought. “We
The Great Connections Newsletter May 2018
What’s Happening with the Gap Year Program We’re going to open The Great Connections Gap Year Program in the fall of 2019! We’re expanding our powerful
Shocking Growth of College Tuition
Only hospital service prices grew more than college tuition between 1997 and 2017 on this American Enterprise Institute chart. In contrast, prices for cell phones, cars and
Rise of the Classics
The Classics, or Great Books—weren’t they the dreck of dead white males? In the past few years, many have discovered otherwise and now there’s astonishing
The Great Connections Methodology
Great Connections Facilitators Marsha Familaro Enright and Andrew Humphries describe why the Great Connections methodology works so well.
The Great Connections’ Great Advantages
Ryan Griggs, details how students gain reasoning skills, self-confidence, and autonomy from The Great Connections Summer Program. Ryan earned his Bachelors’ and Masters’ degrees in